The Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI) is happy to announce that Yolanda LeRoy, Editorial Director at Charlesbridge (US), will participate on the panel, “Why I Love This Book and Published It,” at the SCBWI Bologna Biennial Conference 2008 in Bologna, Italy, on March 30.
LeRoy joins Sarah Odedina of Bloomsbury UK,
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John Shelley studied illustration at Manchester under Tony Ross. His first major picture book The Secret in the Matchbox was shortlisted for the Mother Goose Award and received a Parents’ Choice Award in the U.S. Twenty-one years ago, John moved to Japan and became a successful commercial illustrator, as well as continuing to illustrate children’s books,
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Writers Workshop in a Book: The Squaw Valley Community of Writers on the Art of Fiction edited by Alan Cheuse and Lisa Alvarez, introduction by Richard Ford (Chronicle, 2007).
This 219-page collection of essays is an entertaining, inspiring, and informative read–bursting with insights and perspective. Its target audience may write for grown-ups,
The Comeback Season by Jennifer E. Smith: an interview from the YA Authors Cafe. Here’s a sneak peek: “It’s a story about hope, but it’s also about loss. A lot of people can’t bear to read sad stories, but I’ve always been really drawn to them, because they move you in a way that makes them really meaningful.
Josh Adams co-founded the Adams Literary in the U.S., which exclusively represents children’s book authors and artists, with his wife Tracey Adams (agent interview). The agency is affiliated to David Higham in the U.K. Anita Loughrey interviewed him in January, as one of the speakers at the SCBWI Bologna Conference 2008 (scheduled for March 29 and March 30 in Bologna,
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Susanne Gervay is an Australian author who writes children’s and young adult fiction. As the daughter of Hungarian post-war refugees, a mother, and a cancer survivor, her experiences empower her to write books that reach out to youth on their journey to adulthood.
Her young adult books break into new territory and include That’s Why I Wrote this Song,
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The Adoration of Jenna Fox book trailer (click to view) celebrates Mary E. Pearson’s latest YA novel. Note: stay tuned for a new interview with Mary. In the meantime, read a previous Cynsations interview with Mary.
The Fusty Blob: the blog of YA author Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson.
Giselle Tsai is one of the founding members of the children’s book department at CommonWealth Magazine Group. Their list includes picture books, easy readers and short novels. Giselle was interviewed by Anita Loughrey in January, as one of the speakers at the SCBWI Bologna Conference 2008 (scheduled for March 29 and March 30 in Bologna,
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Pat Cummings traveled a lot when she was young, as her father was in the Army. She has been writing and illustrating children’s books since she graduated from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. She currently lives in beautiful downtown Brooklyn, with her husband Chuku Lee and the ghost of her cat, Cash. Anita Loughrey interviewed her in November 2007,
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Enter to win one of two audio production copies of Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith, performed by Kim Mai Guest (Listening Library/Random House, 2008), each offered with a Sanguini’s T-shirt (in celebration of the fictional vampire restaurant in the book)!
From the promotional copy:
Quincie Morris has never felt more alone.
